Human Error

A Human Error is an Error introduced by a human being or a human factor.

• AKA: Human-Induced Error.
• Context:
  • It can be solved by a Human-Error-Tolerant Design.
  • It can range from being a Exogenous Error to being Endogenous Error.
  • It can range from being a Perceptual Error, to being a Cognitive Error.
  • It can range from being a Interpersonal Communication Error to being a Organizational Communication Error.
  • It can range from being an Equipment Physical Manipulation Error to being an Equipment Dependency Error.
  • It can range from being an Active Human Error, to being a Latent Human Error.
  • It can range from being an Personal Dependencies Error to being a Team Error.

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• Example(s):
  • a Cognitive Bias,
  • a Crime,
  • a Fat-finger Error,
  • a Pilot Error,
  • a Medical Error,
  • Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster,
  • Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Machine-Induced Error,
  • a Natural Disaster,
  • a Biological Mutation.
• See: Linguistic Error, Typographical Error, Erroneous Action, Cognitive Dissonance.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_error Retrieved:2020-2-9.
  • Human error refers to something having been done that was "not intended by the actor; not desired by a set of rules or an external observer; or that led the task or system outside its acceptable limits". . Human error has been cited as a primary cause contributing factor in disasters and accidents in industries as diverse as nuclear power (e.g., the Three Mile Island accident), aviation (see pilot error), space exploration (e.g., the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster and Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), and medicine (see medical error). Prevention of human error is generally seen as a major contributor to reliability and safety of (complex) systems.

    Human error is one of the many contributing causes of risk events.

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